TJ JOSEPH

New Delhi: Celebrated author Salman Rushdie was forced to stay away from the Jaipur Literature Festival and his live video conference cancelled following protests by the Jaipurbased Milli Council. Several activists of the Milli Council arrived at the venue of the Festival at Diggi Palace demanding that the proposed video...

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Saturday granted conditional bail to an accused in the professor's handchopping case, allegedly by suspected activists of the radical Popular Front of India in Kerala.
The Additional Sessions court Judge, Ernakulam, V Shircy, granted bail to Anas, the 47th accused, on a bond of Rs...

Thiruvananthapuram: The local body polls in Kerala that concluded recently, threw up a very unexpected result. Anas Vazhakulam, an accused in the attack on lecturer TJ Joseph, won a panchayat seat with a huge margin, that too on the ticket of Kerala's radical outfit Popular Front of India that made...

Thiruvananthapuram: Contesting from prison, an accused in the sensational case of chopping off the hand of Thodupuzha Newman college lecturer TJ Joseph, has won from a block panchayat division in Ernakulam in the civic body elections.
Anas won from the Vanchinad division of Vazhakkulam block in Ernakulam district on a ticket...

Thiruvananthapuram: The University Appellate Tribunal here on Wednesday posted for October 29 hearing on the petition filed by lecturer T J Joseph challenging his dismissal from service by the Catholic churchrun Newman College for setting a question paper, which hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
Joseph, whose hand was chopped off by...

Kochi: A pastoral letter condemning the "irresponsible action" of Professor TJ Joseph, whose hand was hacked allegedly by activists of radical outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), was on Sunday read out during the Sunday mass in 120 parish churches under the Kothamangalam Dioceses in Ernakulam district.
Coming out against the...

Kochi: Justifying the action of the churchrun Newman College management to sack professor TJ Joseph for allegedly preparing a question paper which hurt the sentiments of a community, the Kothamanagalam Bishop has issued a pastoral letter which would be read out in the churches during Sunday mass.
The letter states that...

Kochi: Sacked college lecturer Prof T J Joseph, is contemplating legal action against the management of the private Newman college, Thodupuzha, which had sacked him from service.
'He still believes that the college authorities will withdraw the termination order. However, if that does not happen, we will be forced to go...

Kochi: Kerala lecturer TJ Joseph, whose palm was chopped off by suspected activists of radical outfit Popular Front of India three months ago, has been sacked by his college. The college says Joseph hurt religious sentiments by preparing a Malayalam question paper with alleged derogatory references to Prophet Mohammed.
The Christianrun...

Kochi: Kerala lecturer TJ Joseph, whose palm was chopped off by suspected activists of radical outfit Popular Front of India three months ago, has been sacked by his college. The college says Joseph hurt religious sentiments by preparing a Malayalam question paper with alleged derogatory references to Prophet Mohammed.
The Christianrun...

Kochi: Two more activists of the Popular Front of India (PFI), a Muslim radical outfit, have been arrested in connection with the attack on a college lecturer, taking the total number of those apprehended so far in the case to six.
Rinees, a dentist, was arrested on Tuesday night in connection...

TJ Joseph, a suspended college professor had his hand chopped off for allegedly insulting the Prophet Mohammed. Joseph was arrested in April for alleged derogatory references to the Prophet in the question paper he had set for BCom II year students. He was then let off on bail, but on...